cgroup: remove the ns_cgroup

The ns_cgroup is an annoying cgroup at the namespace / cgroup frontier and
leads to some problems:

  * cgroup creation is out-of-control
  * cgroup name can conflict when pids are looping
  * it is not possible to have a single process handling a lot of
    namespaces without falling in a exponential creation time
  * we may want to create a namespace without creating a cgroup

  The ns_cgroup was replaced by a compatibility flag 'clone_children',
  where a newly created cgroup will copy the parent cgroup values.
  The userspace has to manually create a cgroup and add a task to
  the 'tasks' file.

This patch removes the ns_cgroup as suggested in the following thread:

https://lists.linux-foundation.org/pipermail/containers/2009-June/018616.html

The 'cgroup_clone' function is removed because it is no longer used.

This is a userspace-visible change.  Commit 45531757b45c ("cgroup: notify
ns_cgroup deprecated") (merged into 2.6.27) caused the kernel to emit a
printk warning users that the feature is planned for removal.  Since that
time we have heard from XXX users who were affected by this.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@free.fr>
Signed-off-by: Serge E. Hallyn <serge.hallyn@canonical.com>
Cc: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Cc: Jamal Hadi Salim <hadi@cyberus.ca>
Reviewed-by: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com>
Acked-by: Paul Menage <menage@google.com>
Acked-by: Matt Helsley <matthltc@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

22 files changed, 4 insertions, 287 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt b/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt
index 8c4f3466c894..0ed99f08f1f3 100644
--- a/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt
+++ b/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt
@@ -651,7 +651,7 @@ always handled well.
 void post_clone(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cgrp)
 (cgroup_mutex held by caller)
 
-Called at the end of cgroup_clone() to do any parameter
+Called during cgroup_create() to do any parameter
 initialization which might be required before a task could attach.  For
 example in cpusets, no task may attach before 'cpus' and 'mems' are set
 up.
diff --git a/arch/mips/configs/bcm47xx_defconfig b/arch/mips/configs/bcm47xx_defconfig
index 22fdf2f0cc23..ad15fb10322b 100644
--- a/arch/mips/configs/bcm47xx_defconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/configs/bcm47xx_defconfig
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ CONFIG_TASK_IO_ACCOUNTING=y
 CONFIG_AUDIT=y
 CONFIG_TINY_RCU=y
 CONFIG_CGROUPS=y
-CONFIG_CGROUP_NS=y
 CONFIG_CGROUP_CPUACCT=y
 CONFIG_RELAY=y
 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y
diff --git a/arch/mn10300/configs/asb2364_defconfig b/arch/mn10300/configs/asb2364_defconfig
index 31d76261a3d5..fbb96ae3122a 100644
--- a/arch/mn10300/configs/asb2364_defconfig
+++ b/arch/mn10300/configs/asb2364_defconfig
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ CONFIG_TASK_XACCT=y
 CONFIG_TASK_IO_ACCOUNTING=y
 CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT=14
 CONFIG_CGROUPS=y
-CONFIG_CGROUP_NS=y
 CONFIG_CGROUP_FREEZER=y
 CONFIG_CGROUP_DEVICE=y
 CONFIG_CGROUP_CPUACCT=y
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/configs/ppc6xx_defconfig b/arch/powerpc/configs/ppc6xx_defconfig
index 214208924a9c..04360f9b0109 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/configs/ppc6xx_defconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/configs/ppc6xx_defconfig
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ CONFIG_TASK_XACCT=y
 CONFIG_TASK_IO_ACCOUNTING=y
 CONFIG_AUDIT=y
 CONFIG_CGROUPS=y
-CONFIG_CGROUP_NS=y
 CONFIG_CGROUP_DEVICE=y
 CONFIG_CGROUP_CPUACCT=y
 CONFIG_RESOURCE_COUNTERS=y
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/configs/pseries_defconfig b/arch/powerpc/configs/pseries_defconfig
index 7de13865508c..c9f212b5f3de 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/configs/pseries_defconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/configs/pseries_defconfig
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL=y
 CONFIG_IKCONFIG=y
 CONFIG_IKCONFIG_PROC=y
 CONFIG_CGROUPS=y
-CONFIG_CGROUP_NS=y
 CONFIG_CGROUP_FREEZER=y
 CONFIG_CGROUP_DEVICE=y
 CONFIG_CPUSETS=y
diff --git a/arch/sh/configs/apsh4ad0a_defconfig b/arch/sh/configs/apsh4ad0a_defconfig
index 77ec0e7b8ddf..e7583484cc07 100644
--- a/arch/sh/configs/apsh4ad0a_defconfig
+++ b/arch/sh/configs/apsh4ad0a_defconfig
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ CONFIG_IKCONFIG=y
 CONFIG_IKCONFIG_PROC=y
 CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT=14
 CONFIG_CGROUPS=y
-CONFIG_CGROUP_NS=y
 CONFIG_CGROUP_FREEZER=y
 CONFIG_CGROUP_DEVICE=y
 CONFIG_CGROUP_CPUACCT=y
diff --git a/arch/sh/configs/sdk7786_defconfig b/arch/sh/configs/sdk7786_defconfig
index c41650572d79..8a7dd7b59c5c 100644
--- a/arch/sh/configs/sdk7786_defconfig
+++ b/arch/sh/configs/sdk7786_defconfig
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ CONFIG_IKCONFIG=y
 CONFIG_IKCONFIG_PROC=y
 CONFIG_CGROUPS=y
 CONFIG_CGROUP_DEBUG=y
-CONFIG_CGROUP_NS=y
 CONFIG_CGROUP_FREEZER=y
 CONFIG_CGROUP_DEVICE=y
 CONFIG_CPUSETS=y
diff --git a/arch/sh/configs/se7206_defconfig b/arch/sh/configs/se7206_defconfig
index a468ff227fc6..72c3fad7383f 100644
--- a/arch/sh/configs/se7206_defconfig
+++ b/arch/sh/configs/se7206_defconfig
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ CONFIG_RCU_TRACE=y
 CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT=14
 CONFIG_CGROUPS=y
 CONFIG_CGROUP_DEBUG=y
-CONFIG_CGROUP_NS=y
 CONFIG_CGROUP_DEVICE=y
 CONFIG_CGROUP_CPUACCT=y
 CONFIG_RESOURCE_COUNTERS=y
diff --git a/arch/sh/configs/shx3_defconfig b/arch/sh/configs/shx3_defconfig
index 3f92d37c6374..6bb413036892 100644
--- a/arch/sh/configs/shx3_defconfig
+++ b/arch/sh/configs/shx3_defconfig
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ CONFIG_IKCONFIG=y
 CONFIG_IKCONFIG_PROC=y
 CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT=14
 CONFIG_CGROUPS=y
-CONFIG_CGROUP_NS=y
 CONFIG_CGROUP_FREEZER=y
 CONFIG_CGROUP_DEVICE=y
 CONFIG_CGROUP_CPUACCT=y
diff --git a/arch/sh/configs/urquell_defconfig b/arch/sh/configs/urquell_defconfig
index 7b3daec6fefe..8bfa4d056d7a 100644
--- a/arch/sh/configs/urquell_defconfig
+++ b/arch/sh/configs/urquell_defconfig
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ CONFIG_IKCONFIG_PROC=y
 CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT=14
 CONFIG_CGROUPS=y
 CONFIG_CGROUP_DEBUG=y
-CONFIG_CGROUP_NS=y
 CONFIG_CGROUP_FREEZER=y
 CONFIG_CGROUP_DEVICE=y
 CONFIG_CPUSETS=y
diff --git a/arch/x86/configs/i386_defconfig b/arch/x86/configs/i386_defconfig
index 6f9872658dd2..2bf18059fbea 100644
--- a/arch/x86/configs/i386_defconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/configs/i386_defconfig
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ CONFIG_TASK_IO_ACCOUNTING=y
 CONFIG_AUDIT=y
 CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT=18
 CONFIG_CGROUPS=y
-CONFIG_CGROUP_NS=y
 CONFIG_CGROUP_FREEZER=y
 CONFIG_CPUSETS=y
 CONFIG_CGROUP_CPUACCT=y
diff --git a/arch/x86/configs/x86_64_defconfig b/arch/x86/configs/x86_64_defconfig
index ee01a9d5d4f0..22a0dc8e51dd 100644
--- a/arch/x86/configs/x86_64_defconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/configs/x86_64_defconfig
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ CONFIG_TASK_IO_ACCOUNTING=y
 CONFIG_AUDIT=y
 CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT=18
 CONFIG_CGROUPS=y
-CONFIG_CGROUP_NS=y
 CONFIG_CGROUP_FREEZER=y
 CONFIG_CPUSETS=y
 CONFIG_CGROUP_CPUACCT=y
diff --git a/include/linux/cgroup.h b/include/linux/cgroup.h
index 1e6cde21fa3f..ab4ac0ccb857 100644
--- a/include/linux/cgroup.h
+++ b/include/linux/cgroup.h
@@ -555,9 +555,6 @@ static inline struct cgroup* task_cgroup(struct task_struct *task,
         return task_subsys_state(task, subsys_id)->cgroup;
 }
 
-int cgroup_clone(struct task_struct *tsk, struct cgroup_subsys *ss,
-                                                        char *nodename);
-
 /* A cgroup_iter should be treated as an opaque object */
 struct cgroup_iter {
         struct list_head *cg_link;
diff --git a/include/linux/cgroup_subsys.h b/include/linux/cgroup_subsys.h
index cdbfcb8780ec..ac663c18776c 100644
--- a/include/linux/cgroup_subsys.h
+++ b/include/linux/cgroup_subsys.h
@@ -19,12 +19,6 @@ SUBSYS(debug)
 
 /* */
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_NS
-SUBSYS(ns)
-#endif
-
-/* */
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_SCHED
 SUBSYS(cpu_cgroup)
 #endif
diff --git a/include/linux/nsproxy.h b/include/linux/nsproxy.h
index 7b370c7cfeff..50d20aba57d3 100644
--- a/include/linux/nsproxy.h
+++ b/include/linux/nsproxy.h
@@ -81,13 +81,4 @@ static inline void get_nsproxy(struct nsproxy *ns)
         atomic_inc(&ns->count);
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_NS
-int ns_cgroup_clone(struct task_struct *tsk, struct pid *pid);
-#else
-static inline int ns_cgroup_clone(struct task_struct *tsk, struct pid *pid)
-{
-        return 0;
-}
-#endif
-
 #endif
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index 332aac649966..ebafac4231ee 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -589,14 +589,6 @@ config CGROUP_DEBUG
 
           Say N if unsure.
 
-config CGROUP_NS
-        bool "Namespace cgroup subsystem"
-        help
-          Provides a simple namespace cgroup subsystem to
-          provide hierarchical naming of sets of namespaces,
-          for instance virtual servers and checkpoint/restart
-          jobs.
-
 config CGROUP_FREEZER
         bool "Freezer cgroup subsystem"
         help
diff --git a/kernel/Makefile b/kernel/Makefile
index e9cf19155b46..2d64cfcc8b42 100644
--- a/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/kernel/Makefile
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_COMPAT) += compat.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CGROUPS) += cgroup.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CGROUP_FREEZER) += cgroup_freezer.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CPUSETS) += cpuset.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_CGROUP_NS) += ns_cgroup.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_UTS_NS) += utsname.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_USER_NS) += user_namespace.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PID_NS) += pid_namespace.o
diff --git a/kernel/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup.c
index 00a884342d3d..2731d115d725 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup.c
@@ -4630,122 +4630,6 @@ void cgroup_exit(struct task_struct *tsk, int run_callbacks)
 }
 
 /**
- * cgroup_clone - clone the cgroup the given subsystem is attached to
- * @tsk: the task to be moved
- * @subsys: the given subsystem
- * @nodename: the name for the new cgroup
- *
- * Duplicate the current cgroup in the hierarchy that the given
- * subsystem is attached to, and move this task into the new
- * child.
- */
-int cgroup_clone(struct task_struct *tsk, struct cgroup_subsys *subsys,
-                                                        char *nodename)
-{
-        struct dentry *dentry;
-        int ret = 0;
-        struct cgroup *parent, *child;
-        struct inode *inode;
-        struct css_set *cg;
-        struct cgroupfs_root *root;
-        struct cgroup_subsys *ss;
-
-        /* We shouldn't be called by an unregistered subsystem */
-        BUG_ON(!subsys->active);
-
-        /* First figure out what hierarchy and cgroup we're dealing
-         * with, and pin them so we can drop cgroup_mutex */
-        mutex_lock(&cgroup_mutex);
- again:
-        root = subsys->root;
-        if (root == &rootnode) {
-                mutex_unlock(&cgroup_mutex);
-                return 0;
-        }
-
-        /* Pin the hierarchy */
-        if (!atomic_inc_not_zero(&root->sb->s_active)) {
-                /* We race with the final deactivate_super() */
-                mutex_unlock(&cgroup_mutex);
-                return 0;
-        }
-
-        /* Keep the cgroup alive */
-        task_lock(tsk);
-        parent = task_cgroup(tsk, subsys->subsys_id);
-        cg = tsk->cgroups;
-        get_css_set(cg);
-        task_unlock(tsk);
-
-        mutex_unlock(&cgroup_mutex);
-
-        /* Now do the VFS work to create a cgroup */
-        inode = parent->dentry->d_inode;
-
-        /* Hold the parent directory mutex across this operation to
-         * stop anyone else deleting the new cgroup */
-        mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
-        dentry = lookup_one_len(nodename, parent->dentry, strlen(nodename));
-        if (IS_ERR(dentry)) {
-                printk(KERN_INFO
-                       "cgroup: Couldn't allocate dentry for %s: %ld\n", nodename,
-                       PTR_ERR(dentry));
-                ret = PTR_ERR(dentry);
-                goto out_release;
-        }
-
-        /* Create the cgroup directory, which also creates the cgroup */
-        ret = vfs_mkdir(inode, dentry, 0755);
-        child = __d_cgrp(dentry);
-        dput(dentry);
-        if (ret) {
-                printk(KERN_INFO
-                       "Failed to create cgroup %s: %d\n", nodename,
-                       ret);
-                goto out_release;
-        }
-
-        /* The cgroup now exists. Retake cgroup_mutex and check
-         * that we're still in the same state that we thought we
-         * were. */
-        mutex_lock(&cgroup_mutex);
-        if ((root != subsys->root) ||
-            (parent != task_cgroup(tsk, subsys->subsys_id))) {
-                /* Aargh, we raced ... */
-                mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
-                put_css_set(cg);
-
-                deactivate_super(root->sb);
-                /* The cgroup is still accessible in the VFS, but
-                 * we're not going to try to rmdir() it at this
-                 * point. */
-                printk(KERN_INFO
-                       "Race in cgroup_clone() - leaking cgroup %s\n",
-                       nodename);
-                goto again;
-        }
-
-        /* do any required auto-setup */
-        for_each_subsys(root, ss) {
-                if (ss->post_clone)
-                        ss->post_clone(ss, child);
-        }
-
-        /* All seems fine. Finish by moving the task into the new cgroup */
-        ret = cgroup_attach_task(child, tsk);
-        mutex_unlock(&cgroup_mutex);
-
- out_release:
-        mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
-
-        mutex_lock(&cgroup_mutex);
-        put_css_set(cg);
-        mutex_unlock(&cgroup_mutex);
-        deactivate_super(root->sb);
-        return ret;
-}
-
-/**
  * cgroup_is_descendant - see if @cgrp is a descendant of @task's cgrp
  * @cgrp: the cgroup in question
  * @task: the task in question
diff --git a/kernel/cpuset.c b/kernel/cpuset.c
index 55b297d78adc..1ceeb049c827 100644
--- a/kernel/cpuset.c
+++ b/kernel/cpuset.c
@@ -1802,10 +1802,9 @@ static int cpuset_populate(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cont)
 }
 
 /*
- * post_clone() is called at the end of cgroup_clone().
- * 'cgroup' was just created automatically as a result of
- * a cgroup_clone(), and the current task is about to
- * be moved into 'cgroup'.
+ * post_clone() is called during cgroup_create() when the
+ * clone_children mount argument was specified.  The cgroup
+ * can not yet have any tasks.
  *
  * Currently we refuse to set up the cgroup - thereby
  * refusing the task to be entered, and as a result refusing
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 1fa9d940e301..1f84099ecce6 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -1229,12 +1229,6 @@ static struct task_struct *copy_process(unsigned long clone_flags,
         if (clone_flags & CLONE_THREAD)
                 p->tgid = current->tgid;
 
-        if (current->nsproxy != p->nsproxy) {
-                retval = ns_cgroup_clone(p, pid);
-                if (retval)
-                        goto bad_fork_free_pid;
-        }
-
         p->set_child_tid = (clone_flags & CLONE_CHILD_SETTID) ? child_tidptr : NULL;
         /*
          * Clear TID on mm_release()?
diff --git a/kernel/ns_cgroup.c b/kernel/ns_cgroup.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 2c98ad94ba0e..000000000000
--- a/kernel/ns_cgroup.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,118 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * ns_cgroup.c - namespace cgroup subsystem
- *
- * Copyright 2006, 2007 IBM Corp
- */
-
-#include <linux/module.h>
-#include <linux/cgroup.h>
-#include <linux/fs.h>
-#include <linux/proc_fs.h>
-#include <linux/slab.h>
-#include <linux/nsproxy.h>
-
-struct ns_cgroup {
-        struct cgroup_subsys_state css;
-};
-
-struct cgroup_subsys ns_subsys;
-
-static inline struct ns_cgroup *cgroup_to_ns(
-                struct cgroup *cgroup)
-{
-        return container_of(cgroup_subsys_state(cgroup, ns_subsys_id),
-                            struct ns_cgroup, css);
-}
-
-int ns_cgroup_clone(struct task_struct *task, struct pid *pid)
-{
-        char name[PROC_NUMBUF];
-
-        snprintf(name, PROC_NUMBUF, "%d", pid_vnr(pid));
-        return cgroup_clone(task, &ns_subsys, name);
-}
-
-/*
- * Rules:
- *   1. you can only enter a cgroup which is a descendant of your current
- *     cgroup
- *   2. you can only place another process into a cgroup if
- *     a. you have CAP_SYS_ADMIN
- *     b. your cgroup is an ancestor of task's destination cgroup
- *       (hence either you are in the same cgroup as task, or in an
- *        ancestor cgroup thereof)
- */
-static int ns_can_attach(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *new_cgroup,
-                         struct task_struct *task, bool threadgroup)
-{
-        if (current != task) {
-                if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
-                        return -EPERM;
-
-                if (!cgroup_is_descendant(new_cgroup, current))
-                        return -EPERM;
-        }
-
-        if (!cgroup_is_descendant(new_cgroup, task))
-                return -EPERM;
-
-        if (threadgroup) {
-                struct task_struct *c;
-                rcu_read_lock();
-                list_for_each_entry_rcu(c, &task->thread_group, thread_group) {
-                        if (!cgroup_is_descendant(new_cgroup, c)) {
-                                rcu_read_unlock();
-                                return -EPERM;
-                        }
-                }
-                rcu_read_unlock();
-        }
-
-        return 0;
-}
-
-/*
- * Rules: you can only create a cgroup if
- *     1. you are capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)
- *     2. the target cgroup is a descendant of your own cgroup
- */
-static struct cgroup_subsys_state *ns_create(struct cgroup_subsys *ss,
-                                                struct cgroup *cgroup)
-{
-        struct ns_cgroup *ns_cgroup;
-
-        if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
-                return ERR_PTR(-EPERM);
-        if (!cgroup_is_descendant(cgroup, current))
-                return ERR_PTR(-EPERM);
-        if (test_bit(CGRP_CLONE_CHILDREN, &cgroup->flags)) {
-                printk("ns_cgroup can't be created with parent "
-                       "'clone_children' set.\n");
-                return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
-        }
-
-        printk_once("ns_cgroup deprecated: consider using the "
-                    "'clone_children' flag without the ns_cgroup.\n");
-
-        ns_cgroup = kzalloc(sizeof(*ns_cgroup), GFP_KERNEL);
-        if (!ns_cgroup)
-                return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-        return &ns_cgroup->css;
-}
-
-static void ns_destroy(struct cgroup_subsys *ss,
-                        struct cgroup *cgroup)
-{
-        struct ns_cgroup *ns_cgroup;
-
-        ns_cgroup = cgroup_to_ns(cgroup);
-        kfree(ns_cgroup);
-}
-
-struct cgroup_subsys ns_subsys = {
-        .name = "ns",
-        .can_attach = ns_can_attach,
-        .create = ns_create,
-        .destroy  = ns_destroy,
-        .subsys_id = ns_subsys_id,
-};
diff --git a/kernel/nsproxy.c b/kernel/nsproxy.c
index 5424e37673ed..d6a00f3de15d 100644
--- a/kernel/nsproxy.c
+++ b/kernel/nsproxy.c
@@ -201,10 +201,6 @@ int unshare_nsproxy_namespaces(unsigned long unshare_flags,
                 goto out;
         }
 
-        err = ns_cgroup_clone(current, task_pid(current));
-        if (err)
-                put_nsproxy(*new_nsp);
-
 out:
         return err;
 }